Quality parent interaction helps to ensure that children grow up healthy, learning, and ready to reach their greatest potential. Children thrive when they feel secure and their needs are met, and these early, positive experiences affect the way their brains work and grow.
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Every Child Matters

Brighter Beginnings has programs at each Center (Oakland, Antioch, Richmond) focused on providing parents with the child development skills to help their children develop and reach their full potential.

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Brighter Beginnings Antioch First 5 Center
The Antioch First 5 Center offers fun, educational classes and activities for families with children ages 0-5.  Our Center provides age-appropriate programs that focus on children during their first five years and promote healthy family relationships, early learning opportunities, and parent education and support.

Additional information is available by contacting Karen Kern, Center Director at 925-757-5303 or by email at kkern@brighter-beginnings.org.

Oakland Brighter Beginnings Early Head Start

Parents learn and practice a range of effective parenting techniques while also learning to adapt their parenting style to their child(ren)’s individual temperament.  Brighter Beginnings Early Head Start program serves families with children prenatal to three.  Our focus is on advancing the development, education and health for the children and helping families connect with the resources that meet their basic needs.

Families must be residents of Oakland and have income below federal poverty guidelines. 

Richmond Family Nurturing Program

The Richmond Family Nurturing Program is geared to teen parents and their children and pregnant and parenting African American moms.  We have bi-lingual staff, so Latina teens are welcome!  Our groups for African American pregnant moms offer childcare for siblings and even prenatal Yoga! We offer special parenting groups combining activities from the Nurturing Parenting Program with fun movement and play groups.

For more information regarding our Family Nurturing program, contact Natalie Berbick, Program Manager, at 510-779-3184, or the Richmond main office at 510-236-6990.  Natalie may also be contacted by email at nberbick@brighter-beginnings.org.